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Moinam was diagnosed Thalassemia when he was barely one year old

If left untreated, most of the children inflicted with this disorder do not live beyond the age of 10. Fortuitously, his newborn sister was free from Thalassemia and her cord blood stem cells were a perfect match for Moinam, with small amount of bone marrow to supplement the transplant, Moinam is now in his recovery phase.

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With many recent advances in the field of stem cell therapies, I believe it has enormous advantages in the future, especially for diseases which cannot be treated in the present day. Cordlife was the most reliable and obvious choice to store my baby's cord blood."

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After your baby’s cord blood has been collected, your obstetrician or midwife will clamp and cut a segment of the umbilical cord. This cord will be stored in a sterile container provided in your Cord Lining Collection Kit.

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According to the Indian Institute of Medicines, more than 12,000 children in the country have been administered their own cord blood and have survived without any major complications, as of end-2013. Although expectant couples are flooded with explanations of benefits of stem cell preservation, you do really know why umbilical cord banking is said to a crucial resource for saving a child’s life.

There are several stem cell banking benefits. Stem cells are new born cells that can renew themselves and have the latent ability to develop into other varieties of tissues. While several types of such cells can be extracted from the human body, the baby cells present in the umbilical cord of a new born, called Hematopoietic cells, have the best ability to develop into new Red Blood Corpuscles (RBCs). These are used to treat people with various types of diseases, including AIDS, anemia, lymphoma, leukemia, cancer and diseases related to the blood immune system. Thus, stem cell preservation can help replace diseased blood with healthy cells. Stem cell preservation can also aid the body in recuperating after treatments like radiation and chemotherapy. Studies have also shown that cord blood cells can be used to treat cerebral palsy, autism and other nervous disorders.

What Makes Cord Blood Unique?

Extracting cord blood is a simple and painless process. It is less cumbersome than bone marrow extraction. After extraction, stem cell preservation is carried out via cryopreservation in stem cell banks, until the time that they might be needed. Experts say that umbilical cord banking might be a wise decision for securing the future of an entire family. This is because although both bone marrow and umbilical blood contain identical stem cells, those harvested from the cord blood may have some additional advantages. An isolated cell from the cord is fairly immature, meaning they are much younger. So, the chances of a recipient’s body rejecting them are relatively low. Cord blood cells are more flexible, which is a unique quality that makes these cells extremely advantageous in treating a variety of illnesses. This is why stem cell banking benefits have come into the limelight and umbilical cord banking is highly advocated. Here’s a look at some of the major benefits of stem cell preservation:

Till date, cord blood has been used to treat over eighty life threatening ailments, including bone marrow failures, genetic disorders, blood disorders and immune disorders. With stem cell preservation, researchers are working on cures for Type-1 diabetes, physical injuries, heart disease and other incurable conditions, among others.

There is low risk of complications when cord blood is used for stem cell transplants and therapy because they have the ability to regenerate in the desired way.

Stem cell preservation is proving advantageous, as more and more parents elect to harvest their children’s umbilical cord blood and cord tissue. The potential for stem cell therapy seem limitless at present.